Can a bird with no tail feathers fly?

Yes!!! Don't ask me how but I have seen it. This little Red-Wing Blackbird female has been buzzing around with no tail feathers...not one....for two weeks. Not sure if she was hatched this way or lost them in an attack, but she flies great and catches plenty of bugs.

Re: Can a bird with no tail feathers fly?

She buzzes around like she doesn't know they are missing. Infact she is so quick I could not get her in frame while flying. She turns on a dime. The only difference I see is that her wing beats per minute is a bit higher than her friends. Pretty amazing really.